In an era where the smartest, most celebrated entrepreneurs are working on photo sharing applications, or social networks, it is inspiring to see Musk tackling much bigger, truly world changing industries.

Years ago, it seemed ridiculous that an entrepreneur could successfully complete a space mission.

And yet, here we are.

This is just the latest in a long line of successful endeavors for Musk.

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This guy is truly amazing and hard to believe one person can juggle between a solar panel company, an all-electric car company and a space company, and all of them are world changing. That's just unheard of so far.